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US Plant Patent PP13642

Balgalfroe

Geranium plant named ‘Balgalfroe’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 1, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13642, the photograph of Balgalfroe printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13642, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP13642
Filed
April 1, 2002
Granted
March 11, 2003
Expires
April 1, 2022
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balgalfroe’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and mounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; and light purple-colored semi-double flowers with a red purple-colored eye.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balgalfroe’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13642 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.